Startup Cities

Tokyo

Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the world's largest cities with a population of 13.95 million. Its gross domestic product (GDP) is valued at 108.2 trillion yen (FY 2018), exceeding the GDP of the Netherlands.
Tokyo has approximately 3,000 large corporations each having capital of 1 billion yen or more, which is about half of Japan's total number of companies. An international business center, Tokyo is also home to 76% of the foreign-affiliated companies in Japan, with over 2,400. Tokyo ranks number one in the world in having Fortune Global 500 companies.

• Population

  
  

  13.9 mil

• Economy

  
  

  • Euglena Co.,Ltd.
  • Mercari, Inc.

• University

  
  

  • Tokyo University
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology

  and more…

• Support

  
  

  Office of the Governor for Policy Planning,
  Tokyo Metropolitan Government
  e-mail : S0000001[_at_]section.metro.tokyo.jp
  (replate [_at_] to atmark)

• Access

  
  

  Haneda Airport

  11 min from Shinagawa station.
  23 min from Yokohama station.
  31 min from Shinjuku station.

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Key Persons

Tokyo

Triple W

Atsushi Nakanishi

Founder and CEO

Tokyo-based Atsushi Nakanishi, 38, has an academic background in business and global business management.

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Startups

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  Global Mobility Service Inc.

  Fintech/IoT

  We create a system in which all hardworkers are recognized.

  Website CrunchBase
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  Lily MedTech Inc.

  HealthcareTech

  Our mission is saving women and their families from breast cancer.

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  Mujin, Inc.

  Robotics/IoT

  Making Industrial Robots Intelligent to Improve Productivity.

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Interviews

Tokyo

BionicM Inc.

Dr. Sun Xiaojun

CEO, Founder

BionicM aims to provide high-functional prostheses to improve the Quality of Life of amputees in the world.

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Tokyo

obniz Inc.

Yuki Sato

CEO, Co-Founder

Obniz is a cloud based IoT system that provide realtime and bi-directional access to real hardware from the cloud.

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Tokyo

Restore Vision Inc.

Yusaku Katada

CEO

Restore Vision is a startup aiming to develop a visual restoration gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa.

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Tokyo

WARPSPACE, inc.

Satoru Tsunemachi

CEO

Warpspace aims to deploy relay satellites for the launch of ”WarpHub InterSat,” the world’s first optical telecommunications infrastructure by end of 2022.

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Tokyo

Willbox,Inc.

Motonari kami

Founder, CEO

Willbox is a technology company that continues to contribute to the growth of shippers and logistics companies involved in international logistics.

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